National Geographic, July 22; featuring Mazeika Sullivan, School of Environment and Natural Resources
Marion Star, July 18; Whitney Gherman, OSU Extension
Cleveland.com, July 16; featuring Chris Winslow, Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Laboratory
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Kevin Kayle’s net success
If you fish for steelhead in a Lake Erie tributary, or walleye in Lake Erie, think of CFAES alumnus Kevin Kayle (MS ’86 Natural Resources, BS ’83 Fisheries and Wildlife Management). Here’s why.
CFAES sustainability news, July 1, 2021
How to protect species and save the planet—at once
Wired, June 10; featuring Daniela Miteva, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Bill seeks to overturn protections for ephemeral streams; experts say water quality will suffer
Columbus Dispatch, June 2; featuring Mazeika Sullivan, School of Environment and Natural Resources and director, Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park
Sunny news: Smaller Lake Erie algal bloom predicted
From a press release today from our CFAES colleagues who work for Ohio Sea Grant:
“NOAA and its research partners are forecasting that western Lake Erie will experience a smaller-than-average harmful algal bloom this summer.”
“A relatively dry spring will lead to a repeat of last year’s mild bloom—this is the first time in more than a dozen years that mild blooms have occurred in consecutive summers.”
Read the full press release. (Photo: Lake Erie, Getty Images.)
‘Know more, waste less’
“As future leaders in the food and agriculture industry, we believe it is our social responsibility to consume and produce food in a conscientious manner.”
So says CFAES PhD student Aishwarya Badiger in our latest CFAES Story, which looks at her work with Know Food Waste, an award-winning CFAES student group.
CFAES sustainability news, May 28, 2021
Nature can save humanity from climate doom—but not on its own
Wired, May 25; featuring Daniela Miteva, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Appreciate, don’t fear, the ‘bugs of history’
Farm and Dairy, May 24; featuring Joe Boggs, OSU Extension
Scientists urge restoration of federal gray wolf protections
Associated Press and Holland (Michigan) Sentinel, May 15; featuring Jeremy Bruskotter, School of Environment and Natural Resources
CFAES sustainability news, May 25, 2021
Opinion: Bill aims to strip away water safeguards and hang Ohioans out to dry
Columbus Dispatch, May 14; featuring Mazeika Sullivan, School of Environment and Natural Resources and Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park
New hope for killing algae blooms
Trade Only Today, May 6; featuring Heather Raymond, CFAES Water Quality Initiative
CFAES sustainability news, May 12, 2021
New York Times, May 5; featuring Marne Titchenell, School of Environment and Natural Resources
Toledo Blade (subscription required), May 2; Ohio State and CFAES research mentioned
Akron Beacon Journal, April 11; featuring Jeff Reutter, special advisor, Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Lab
How to build resilient communities
“The need to incorporate the community in my research and teaching is representative of my experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer. I learned how to sit and listen, how to ask questions, and saw how interventions that don’t incorporate their voices will fail.”
Those are the words of Mary Rodriguez as she describes some of her work as an assistant professor in the CFAES Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership.
Rodriguez—whose research centers on women and community development, building resilient communities, developing community food security, and community leadership—recently was featured in the Engaged Scholars series by Ohio State’s Office of Outreach and Engagement.
Read the full feature. (Photo: Rodriguez, left, working in Tanzania before the pandemic.)
Woodlot warriors: Your trees as fighters of climate change
Can the trees in your woods help battle climate change? Find out in a webinar by the Ohio Woodland Stewards Program, part of OSU Extension, CFAES’ outreach arm. It’s from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, May 7. Participation is free, but registration is required.
Included in the Q&A discussion, among others, will be CFAES professor Brent Sohngen, whose research on trees as climate solutions was featured in a recent post.